The 6 New District Hospital Programme in Ghana has been shortlisted in the category for “Outstanding International Architecture Project” at the 2016 British Expertise International Awards. The award will celebrate the most influential architectural project and the judging criteria will be based on: innovative concept, strong local impact, meeting technical and cultural challenges, as well as sustainable outcome.
The winner is expected to be announce in March 2016.
As of the end of October there was a skilled workforce of 1109 labourers, managers, carpenters, masons, engineers on 6 active hospital sites across Ghana. The workforce is in the majority made up of Ghanaians, with over 67% of those employed from within the local communities, to where the sites are based.
The Ayenyah community health clinic located 5 miles from Dodowa District Hospital was donated to the community by the charity OAfrica founded in October 2002 by Lisa Lovatt-Smith. The facility serves the local rural community to provide basic health provision including vaccination of local school children.
With the help of NMSI and the Dodowa site manager, Francis Yore, the project involved taking down the previous building and erecting a new facility ensuring a long term sustainable solution and a more functional area for the nurses to administer health care whilst upgrading some of the equipment.
From beginning to end, the project took 2 weeks to complete and was led by volunteers James Hsu and William Hsu (sons of NMSI’s Deputy Chairman Fred Hsu), Charlie Stevens and Jeremy Elmhirst.
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There has been lots of press in the build up to the completion and handover of the Shai Osudoku District Hospital in Dodowa…
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Citi FM online / Peace FM Online / GhanaWeb Health News / My Joy Online / Daily Guide
On the 8th and 9th October, members of the Takoradi European site team were taken through a First Aid and Emergency Preparedness Training course by Mariam Sai and Naa Odoi. The training schedule included sessions on emergency preparedness and basic 1st aid, as well as covering the benefits of promoting a healthy workforce and increasing the team’s awareness of HIV/AIDs in Ghana.
NMSI provides a full design/build/equip/train service for the development of locally appropriate health-related infrastructure. NMSI brings to bear the expertise of award-winning experts in the field to provide the latest in innovation and design.
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